Suction cleaning apparatus



"April 29, 1941. c. H. TAYLOR- SUCTION CLEANING ABPARATUS I Filed March 24, 1959- IO fire". 1.

S E S S E N H W INVENTOR CHARLES HS LOB- ATTORN Y Patented Apr. 29,1941 7 Q UNITED STATES PATENT ,oFFics sue-nos CLEANING armmrrus Charles H. Taylor, Springfield, Mala, assignmto Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Oompany, East Pittsburgh, Pa, a corporation of Pennsylvania Application March 24, 19:9, Serial'No. 263,841

4 Claims. (01. 15-7) My inventionrelates to suction cleaning apimpeller shaft II. The brush II is iournalled in paratus and has for an object to provide imsuitable bearings 2| arranged at each end of the proved apparatus of this kind. brush roll I! and disposed respectively within A further object of the invention is to provide sockets 22 formed in opposite ends of the noazle an improved brush guard for a cleaner having a 5 l2 as best shown in Flgs."2 and 3. rotatable brush disposed within the nozzle In accordance with my invention, improved thereof. p guard means is provided for preventing the fabric I A still further object of the invention is to proor apparel being cleaned from entering the nozvide improved guard means for the brush roll of 'zle l2 and becoming wrapped about'the brush ll.

' a suction cleaner having provisions for position- .10 The guard is disposed in the inlet opening II and ing the bearing of the brush roll in the nozzle of includes a f a e 21 generally of r tangu ar eonthe cleaner. figuration, and having one side 24 thereof extend- A stm further object of the invention is to proing len wi wi hi a lip 2 o ed on t e no vide a guard for apparatus of the character set zle and defining a margin of the inlet opening II. forth which may be moved readily to a position The frame 22 includes end members 2| extendwherein the brush roll may be easily removed ing transversely of the opening i3 and latching from the nozzle structure. portions 21. A handle is defined by the frame These and other objects are efiected by my intermediate the latching portions 21 and is disinvention as will beapparent from the following posed exteriorly of the nozzle adjacent a lip a description and claims takenin connection with 20 thereof. A plurality of recesses ii are formed in the accompanying drawing forming apart of this helip 2 i which tch l portions 21 0! application, in whlqh; I. the guard frame are 111890566. when the guard Fig. 1 is a side view of a suction cleaner coni in i op ti spo ti n. Hie lip 2! is sl tted structed and arranged in accordanc'ewith the inas shown at 32 for receiving the portions of the vention; end members 2 which extend exteriorly of the Fig. 2 is a view of the'bottomof thenozzle op n l3 and to which e 1 1 p n structure forming a part of the cleaner shown of the frame are joined. r in Fig. 1, portions of the nozzle being broken e ua d ru ur i ludes a p urality of away for the sake of clearness; and, flngem 33 that are disposed transversely of the Figs. 3, 4, and s are sectional views taken, rea r inlet ns l8 and aligned substantially i spectively, along the lines III-III, IV-'--IV and plane of h wrfeeetebe ean The nnv v of gers I! operate to limit the movementof the Reference will now be had tov the drawing fabric or apparel being clean d inwardly of the wherein I have shown my invention applied toa Mule 80 that the fabric 18 in it! cleaner commonly referred "to as an ofl tn as proper position relative the brush II for efllcient. floor type and used for cleaning draperies, up- 8 Furthermore, w l pinl the fabric holstery and wearing apparel, etc. It will be ro the brush l is p vented by the guard understood, however, that my invention-may be fingers 32. Preferably. the fin ers ll aredeflned applied equally wellto relatively large cleaners y a s nsle length of w bent. s wn. an for on-the-iloor operation. The cleaner includes 40 vin t e portions thereof 818 8 the fr e an electric motor generally indicated at ll, a-fan side 24 welded or otherwise secured thereto. The casing ll secured thereto and a nozzle structure free ds of the lingers 83, r pted to rest n m m mg an um g opening 13, 1; n on a ledge 24 formed on the interior of the lip understood, during operation, dust-laden air is a in the per tin position of the guard. conveyed through the air inlet opening it and is The 8 ml mm i pport by the nozzle translated by a fan or impeller l4 through a disadjacent the .1 9 in mrdlhce w h m! incharge opening (not shown) intoabag liwhere- Yenflon a i preferably pivoted adjacent the in the suspended dust is filtered from the air. P- M the i of the D 1 pr Rotation of the fan i4 is eflected by the rotating vided with wo projections or lugs II, a and element It of the motor ll through a shaft ll. 31. the lugs 3i an 1 b61118 provided with seats Brushing of the surface being cleanedis effor the frame side 24 which are faced upwardly fected by a rotatable brush 14 disposed within andthe lug It havingasimilarseat which faces the alrinlet opening I! of the nozzle and extendin a diiierent direction, preferably horizontally lnglengthwisethereof. Thebrushllisrotated asshowninI'lgA. Inassemblingthe-guardt by a belt is which is preferably driven by the 5 the nozzle, the-side 24 thereof may be inserted in the upwardly faced seats of the lugs ll and 81 and then bent slightly until the side 24 is snapped or sprung in the seat of the lug 38. As is apparent, the side 24 of the guard defines a pivot, carried in the lugs ll, 38 and 31 about which pivot the guard may be swung to the position shown in broken lines (Fig. 3) after the latching portions 2] of the guard are sprung from the recesses II by' the handle 28. In the position of the guard shown in broken lines, access is had to the brushv for cleaning the same or for removal thereof from the nozzle. While pivoting of the guard by means of the spaced lugs 35, 36 and 31 is desirable, it will be understood that the lugs 3!, 3i and 31 and the recesses Il may beso formed that the guard is bodily removed from the nozzle when the latches 21 are snapped from their recesses II.

In accordance with this invention, the end members ii of the guard engage the bearings 2| for the brush and, arepreferably resilient so that they bias the bearings 2| inwardly of the nozzle and position the bearings 2| in the sockets 22. If desired, a spring 38 may be seated in the nozzle end wall as shown in Fig. 3 for biasing the bearing 2i outwardly, whereby removal of the bearing 2| from its socket 22 is facilitated when the brush roll II is to be taken from the nozzle l2.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that I have provided a guard member of novel construction that may be readily positioned within the nozzle and having improved latching facilities for maintaining the guard in its operating position. Furthermore, the guard functions to maintain the brush roll and its bearing in proper position relative the nozzle. The construction is such that the guard may be readily displaced from its operative position so that the brush is accessible for cleaning or removal. It will be apparentto those skilled in the art, that my improved guard construction may be economically manufactured and assembled to the nozzle.

Vlfhile I have shown my invention in but one.

form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit thereof, and I desire. therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as are imposed by th prior art or as are specifically set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

, 1. In a suction cleaner, the combination of a mule structure having opposed lips for defining ,an inlet opening for dust-laden air, one of said lips being formed with a pair of recesses adiacent the ends thereof, a pair of sockets in the inlet opening at the opposite ends thereof, bearings carried in said sockets, a rotatable brush journalled in said bearings, and a wire frame guard comprising a side member pivoted to the nozzle structure along one of said lips, end members extending from the ends of the side member to the opposite lip and engageable with said bearings to retain the same within said sockets, latch portions connected to the respective end portions and adapted to be sprung into and out of said recesses, a handle portion connected to one of said latch portions and extending exteriorly of the nozzle so that it may be engaged to remove the latch portion from the recess, and guard fingers attached to said side member and extending across said inlet opening.

2. A suction cleaner as set forth in claim 1, wherein the nozzle lip formedwith the recesses is also formed with a ledge on the inner side thereof, said. guard fingers being adapted to rest on said ledge.

3. ma suction. cleaner, the combination of a nozzle having first and second lips and an elongated inlet opening therebetween, a. wire frame guard for said inlet opening, said nozzle being provided with means for retaining one sideof said guard within the male adjacent said first lip and said second lip being formed at its ends with recesses extending longitudinally of the second lip and opening away from said first lip, said guard comprising end members extending between the opposed lips, latch portions extending from the end members longitudinally of the second lip and adapted to be engaged in said recesses, and a handle portion extending longitudinally of the second lip on the exterior of the nozzle and connected at its opposite ends to the respective latch portions.

4. In a suction cleaner, the combination of a nozzle having an inlet opening and first and second opposed lips defining opposite sides of said opening, a rotatable brush disposed in said inlet opening, bearings in which said brush is Journalled, the nomle being provided with sockets or recesses to receive said bearings, a nozzle guard disposed across said inlet opening, said nozzle being provided with means for retaining one side of said guard within the nozzle adjacent-said first lip and with means for detachably securing the opposite side of said .guard to -the nozzle adjacent said second lip, said guard comprising transverse end members engageable with said bearings to retain the same within said sockets orrecesses and guard fingers disposed at spaced intervals between said end members and extending across the inlet opening.

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